EP0033016B1 - Process of foaming a resinous polymer containing anhydride groups - Google Patents

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EP0033016B1
EP0033016B1 EP80108224A EP80108224A EP0033016B1 EP 0033016 B1 EP0033016 B1 EP 0033016B1 EP 80108224 A EP80108224 A EP 80108224A EP 80108224 A EP80108224 A EP 80108224A EP 0033016 B1 EP0033016 B1 EP 0033016B1
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    • C08F222/00—Copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a carboxyl radical and containing at least one other carboxyl radical in the molecule; Salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides, or nitriles thereof
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    • C08L35/00—Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a carboxyl radical, and containing at least one other carboxyl radical in the molecule, or of salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides or nitriles thereof; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
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    • C08J2335/00—Characterised by the use of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a carboxyl radical, and containing at least one other carboxyl radical in the molecule, or of salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides or nitriles thereof; Derivatives of such polymers

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  • thermoplastic foams in many instances are prepared by the extrusion of heat plastified gel containing organic blowing agents such as low boiling hydrocarbons or halogen containing compounds such as methyl chloride and various fluorine containing compounds.
  • organic blowing agents such as low boiling hydrocarbons or halogen containing compounds such as methyl chloride and various fluorine containing compounds.
  • the blowing agent causes the gel to foam.
  • the blowing agent is frequently released to the atmosphere providing a flammability hazard if hydrocarbons are employed, or a potential toxicity problem if a halo compound is used.
  • blowing agents act as plastifiers for the polymer with the result that less desirable heat distortion properties are obtained.
  • the mobile gel be prepared in a relatively complex equipment capable of withstanding high internal pressures.
  • An improved method for the preparation of synthetic resinous thermoplastic foams having desirable heat distortion characteristics and releasing no undesirable gases to the atmosphere can be obtained using an anhydride-containing thermoplastic polymer and certain ammonium salts. More specifically an improved extruded closed cell foam is prepared by a method wherein a synthetic resinous thermoplastic resin in admixture with a blowing agent is heat plastified under pressure, extruded into a zone of lower pressure wherein the blowing agent provides gas pressure within the gel to form a plurality of closed cells within the gel, and subsequently the foamed mobile gel is cooled to a temperature below its heat plastification temperature.
  • the improvement comprises employing as the heat plastifiable resin, an ethylenic addition polymer of mer units having the general formula wherein A is at least one tetravalent organic radical having a first pair of valences or vicinal carbon atoms attached to the carbonyl groups and a second pair of valences on vicinal carbon atoms forming part of the polymer chain and arising from addition polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride, B is the polymerized mer unit corresponding to at least one ethylenically unsaturated addition polymerizable monomer, and x and y are numbers such that the ratio represents the average proportion on a mole basis of the respective mer units in the polymer and the sum represents the average degree of polymerization in the polymer, and as blowing agent ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium oxalate or mixtures thereof.
  • A is at least one tetra
  • Polymers suitable for the practice of the present invention are prepared from ethylenically unsaturated monomers the polymerization of which provide polymers that contain from about 2 to 30 weight percent of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride.
  • the ethylenically unsaturated addition polymerizable monomers, from which mer units B are derived, include aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and derivatives thereof having at least one polymerizable ethylenic group, including olefinic monomers such as ethylene and propylene, substituted olefinic monomers such as vinyl chloride, and vinyl acetate, styrenic monomers such as styrene, vinyltoluene, and methylstyrene and ar-halostyrenes, acrylic monomers such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethyl acrylate and other alkyl acrylates, methyl methacrylate and other alkyl methacrylates and aryl acrylates and methacrylates, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and acrylamide.
  • olefinic monomers such as ethylene and propylene
  • substituted olefinic monomers such as vinyl chloride, and vinyl acetate
  • the ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride monomers, from the mer units that include the radical A are derived, include those having the general formula wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halo and other substituent radicals.
  • R is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halo and other substituent radicals.
  • Illustrative examples of such anhydrides are:
  • Blowing agents suitable for the practice of the present invention are ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium oxalate and mixtures thereof.
  • the solid blowing agents are at levels of from about 0.5 to 20 parts by weight/per hundred parts by weight of polymer (pph) and beneficially from 2 to 10 pph depending on the density of the foam desired.
  • Such blowimg agents may be used alone or in conjunction with volatile fluorocarbons such as:
  • Foams in accordance with the present invention are readily prepared using a screw extruder. Generally, it is desirable to dry blend or admix particulate polymer resin with a particulate blowing agent prior to addition to the screw extruder. Extrusion temperatures suitable for the preparation of foam in accordance with the present invention are approximately the temperature at which the polymer would be extruded if no blowing agent is employed.
  • a dry blend was prepared by mixed the following ingredients at room temperature for 90 minutes in a Hobart Model N-50 mixer. 400 grams of a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer which was a 21.7 weight percent maleic anhydride having a solution of viscosity of 4.97 m Pa s as a 10 weight percent of polymer dissolved in methyl ethyl ketone, 1.32 grams of a resinous binder which is a 1 to 1 by weight mixture of a low molecular weight polystyrene and dibutyl phthalate, 4 grams of talc and 20 grams of ammonium bicarbonate.
  • the resultant blend was extruded employing a Brabender Type 2003, 3/4" (19.0 mm) screw extruder with the screw having a length/diameter ratio of 20 to 1.
  • the peripheral temperature of the extruder is maintained at 210°C and the die temperature 165°C.
  • the die pressure is about (1000 pounds per square inch gauge) 68.9 bar.
  • the die had an aperture 1/4" (6.3 mm) in diameter.
  • the resultant foam was white, uniform cell structure and had a density of (2.4 pounds per cubic foot) 38.4 g/I. A portion of the foam was analyzed by infrared spectroscopy and showed evidence of the maleimide structure.
  • Example 1 Procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that the 20 grams of ammonium bicarbonate was replaced with 20 grams of ammonium carbonate.
  • the resultant foam had a desirable color, uniform cell structure and a density of (9.3 pounds per cubic foot) 148.8 g/I.

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  • Synthetic resins of thermoplastic foams in many instances are prepared by the extrusion of heat plastified gel containing organic blowing agents such as low boiling hydrocarbons or halogen containing compounds such as methyl chloride and various fluorine containing compounds. On extrusion of a mobile gel containing such blowing agents into a region of lower pressure, the blowing agent causes the gel to foam. During this process the blowing agent is frequently released to the atmosphere providing a flammability hazard if hydrocarbons are employed, or a potential toxicity problem if a halo compound is used. Often-times such blowing agents act as plastifiers for the polymer with the result that less desirable heat distortion properties are obtained. Generally in the extrusion of such thermoplastic foams with volatile organic fluid blowing agents, it is necessary that the mobile gel be prepared in a relatively complex equipment capable of withstanding high internal pressures.
  • An improved method for the preparation of synthetic resinous thermoplastic foams having desirable heat distortion characteristics and releasing no undesirable gases to the atmosphere can be obtained using an anhydride-containing thermoplastic polymer and certain ammonium salts. More specifically an improved extruded closed cell foam is prepared by a method wherein a synthetic resinous thermoplastic resin in admixture with a blowing agent is heat plastified under pressure, extruded into a zone of lower pressure wherein the blowing agent provides gas pressure within the gel to form a plurality of closed cells within the gel, and subsequently the foamed mobile gel is cooled to a temperature below its heat plastification temperature. The improvement comprises employing as the heat plastifiable resin, an ethylenic addition polymer of mer units having the general formula
    Figure imgb0001
    wherein A is at least one tetravalent organic radical having a first pair of valences or vicinal carbon atoms attached to the carbonyl groups and a second pair of valences on vicinal carbon atoms forming part of the polymer chain and arising from addition polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride, B is the polymerized mer unit corresponding to at least one ethylenically unsaturated addition polymerizable monomer, and x and y are numbers such that the ratio represents the average proportion on a mole basis of the respective mer units in the polymer and the sum represents the average degree of polymerization in the polymer, and as blowing agent ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium oxalate or mixtures thereof. The resulting extruded closed-cell foam contains characteristic maleimide groups as determined by infrared spectroscopy.
  • Polymers suitable for the practice of the present invention are prepared from ethylenically unsaturated monomers the polymerization of which provide polymers that contain from about 2 to 30 weight percent of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride.
  • The ethylenically unsaturated addition polymerizable monomers, from which mer units B are derived, include aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and derivatives thereof having at least one polymerizable ethylenic group, including olefinic monomers such as ethylene and propylene, substituted olefinic monomers such as vinyl chloride, and vinyl acetate, styrenic monomers such as styrene, vinyltoluene, and methylstyrene and ar-halostyrenes, acrylic monomers such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethyl acrylate and other alkyl acrylates, methyl methacrylate and other alkyl methacrylates and aryl acrylates and methacrylates, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and acrylamide.
  • The ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride monomers, from the mer units that include the radical A are derived, include those having the general formula
    Figure imgb0002
    wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halo and other substituent radicals. Illustrative examples of such anhydrides are:
    • maleic anhydride
    • citraconic anhydride
    • itaconic anhydride
    • phenyl maleic anhydride
    • tetrahydrophthalic anhydride
    • bicyclo (2.2.1) hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboxylic acid anhydride
  • The preparation of such polymers is well known. Blowing agents suitable for the practice of the present invention are ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium oxalate and mixtures thereof. The solid blowing agents are at levels of from about 0.5 to 20 parts by weight/per hundred parts by weight of polymer (pph) and beneficially from 2 to 10 pph depending on the density of the foam desired. Such blowimg agents may be used alone or in conjunction with volatile fluorocarbons such as:
    • fluorotrichloromethane
    • dichlorodifluoromethane
    • fluorodichloromethane
    • chlorodifluoromethane
    • chlorodifluoroethane
    • dichlorotetrafluoroethane
    • chloropentafluoroethane
    • difluoropropane
    • octafluorocyclobutane
  • The presence of such fluorocarbons within the cells results in reduced heat transfer through the foam plastic body. Foams in accordance with the present invention are readily prepared using a screw extruder. Generally, it is desirable to dry blend or admix particulate polymer resin with a particulate blowing agent prior to addition to the screw extruder. Extrusion temperatures suitable for the preparation of foam in accordance with the present invention are approximately the temperature at which the polymer would be extruded if no blowing agent is employed.
  • The invention is illustrated by the following examples:
    • Example 1
  • A dry blend was prepared by mixed the following ingredients at room temperature for 90 minutes in a Hobart Model N-50 mixer. 400 grams of a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer which was a 21.7 weight percent maleic anhydride having a solution of viscosity of 4.97 m Pa s as a 10 weight percent of polymer dissolved in methyl ethyl ketone, 1.32 grams of a resinous binder which is a 1 to 1 by weight mixture of a low molecular weight polystyrene and dibutyl phthalate, 4 grams of talc and 20 grams of ammonium bicarbonate. The resultant blend was extruded employing a Brabender Type 2003, 3/4" (19.0 mm) screw extruder with the screw having a length/diameter ratio of 20 to 1. The peripheral temperature of the extruder is maintained at 210°C and the die temperature 165°C. The die pressure is about (1000 pounds per square inch gauge) 68.9 bar. The die had an aperture 1/4" (6.3 mm) in diameter. The resultant foam was white, uniform cell structure and had a density of (2.4 pounds per cubic foot) 38.4 g/I. A portion of the foam was analyzed by infrared spectroscopy and showed evidence of the maleimide structure.
    • Example 2
  • Procedure of Example 1 was repeated with the exception that the 20 grams of ammonium bicarbonate was replaced with 20 grams of ammonium carbonate. The resultant foam had a desirable color, uniform cell structure and a density of (9.3 pounds per cubic foot) 148.8 g/I.
  • Similar beneficial results are obtained when ammonium oxalate is used in place of ammonium carbonate or ammonium bicarbonate and the foams obtained in accordance with the present invention have desirably higher heat distortion temperatures and improved solvent resistance.

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1. In a method for the preparation of an extruded closed cell foam of a synthetic resinous thermoplastic resin, wherein the resin in admixture with a blowing agent is heat plastified under pressure, extruded into a zone of lower pressure wherein the blowing agent provides gas pressure within the gel to form a plurality of closed cells within the gel and subsequently the foamed mobile gel is cooled to a temperature below its heat plastification temperature, the improvement which comprises employing as the heat plastifiable resin, an ethylenic addition polymer of mer units having the general formula
Figure imgb0003
wherein A is at least one tetravalent organic radical having a first pair of valences on vicinal carbon atoms attached to the carbonyl groups and a second pair of valences on vicinal carbon atoms forming part of the polymer chain and arising from addition polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride, B is the polymerized mer unit corresponding to at least one ethylenically unsaturated addition polymerizable monomer, and x and y are numbers such that the ratio represents the average proportion on a mole basis of the respective mer units in the polymer and the sum represents the average degree of polymerization in the polymer, and as blowing agent ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium oxalate or mixtures thereof.
2. The method of Claim 1 wherein mer A is maleic anhydride.
3. The method of Claim 1 or 2 wherein mer B is styrene.
4. The method of Claims 1 to 3 wherein the blowing agent is ammonium bicarbonate.
5. The method of Claims 1 to 4 wherein the resin is blended with blowing agent and the mixture heat plastified in a screw extrudere.
6. An improved extruded closed-cell resinous foam prepared from an ethylenic addition polymer consisting essentially of mer units having the general formula
Figure imgb0004
wherein A is at least one tetravalent organic radical having a first pair of valences on vicinal carbon atoms attached to the carbonyl groups and a second pair of valences on vicinal carbon atoms forming part of the polymer chain and arising from addition polymerization of 2 to 30 weight percent based on the weight of the polymer of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid cyclic anhydride, B is the polymerized mer unit corresponding to at least one ethylenically unsaturated addition polymerizable monomer, and x and y are numbers such that the ratio thereof represents the average proportion on a mole basis of the respective mer units in the polymer and the sum thereof represents the average degree of polymerization in the polymer by heat plastifying polymer in the presence of about 0.5 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polymer of a blowing agent consisting of ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium oxalate or mixtures thereof, the foam containing maleimide groups as determined by infrared spectroscopy.
7. The foam of Claim 6 wherein mer A is maleic anhydride.
8. The foam of Claim 6 or 7 wherein mer B is styrene.
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